Maximo Project Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Maximo Project Manager to lead delivery of a major Maximo upgrade and migration programme within the Aerospace & Defence sector .

The programme involves the technical upgrade and lift-and-shift migration of an existing Maximo 7.6 environment running on Oracle to Maximo Application Suite (MAS) 9.x running on DB2 , hosted in Azure Cloud.

The Project Manager will be responsible for overall delivery coordination, governance, RAID management, stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination and schedule management across multiple technical workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a large-scale Maximo upgrade and migration programme .

• Manage programme delivery across multiple technical and business workstreams.

• Own and maintain RAID logs , ensuring risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies are actively managed.

• Establish and maintain effective project governance and reporting.

• Coordinate delivery across technical, architecture, infrastructure, application and database teams.

• Manage key stakeholder relationships across business and technical teams.

• Coordinate with vendors and third-party delivery partners.

• Manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies and delivery plans.

• Track progress against agreed scope, timelines and deliverables.

• Identify delivery risks and drive appropriate mitigation and resolution.

• Coordinate activities across the wider Aerospace & Defence programme .

• Provide regular project status reporting to programme leadership.

• Support escalation and resolution of project delivery issues.

• Ensure project activities remain aligned with agreed governance and delivery standards.

Project Environment

Current Environment: Maximo 7.6 + Oracle

Target Environment: Maximo Application Suite (MAS) 9.x + DB2

Cloud Platform: Azure

Programme: Maximo upgrade and lift-and-shift migration

Sector: Aerospace & Defence

Duration: Approximately 8 months

Required Skills

• Strong Project Management experience in large-scale technology programmes.

• Proven experience delivering upgrade and migration programmes .

• Experience with Maximo or large enterprise application programmes.

• Strong RAID management and project governance experience.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

• Strong vendor and third-party management experience.

• Proven schedule, milestone and dependency management experience.

• Experience coordinating multiple technical workstreams.

• Experience within Defence / Aerospace & Defence programmes.

• Strong risk and issue management capabilities.

• Experience working in complex enterprise transformation environments.

Eligibility & Security

• SC Clearance required or candidate must be eligible and able to obtain it.

• Ability to work 1-2 days per week onsite in Derby .